May 29, 2007, 14:37 GMT
Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) Palador has acquired the distribution rights of Gus Van Sant's 'Paranoid Park', which won a special prize at the recently concluded Cannes Film Festival, and is scheduling a simultaneous release of the movie in India along with its worldwide screening in September.
This will be a landmark event for the country, as no Cannes winner has ever seen a simultaneous release in India.
Commenting on the acquisition, Gautam Shiknis, Managing Director of Palador said, 'It has always been Palador's aim to bring the best films from the world to the country before it becomes yesterday's news in developed countries. What better way to assert this, than by bringing in the best film of the festival.'
Based on the novel of the same name by Blake Nelson, the film follows Alex, a 16-year-old skateboarder, who accidentally kills a security guard outside Paranoid Park, Portland's most infamous skateboarding locale. When he decides not to tell anyone, he takes on a crushing burden of guilt that envelopes his life.
Palador's aim is to bring world cinema into India and this year at Cannes it acquired the rights for 300 new films, taking its total catalogue of the most awarded films in the world to 750.
Among the many films they acquired is the complete catalogue of Werner Herzog. Palador is also bringing this highly acclaimed director to India next year for workshops and seminars.
© 2007 Indo-Asian News Service
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